Kicked Out of China

Published: April 16, 2020, 9:50 a.m.

b'Note: This episode contains strong language.\\n\\nThe New York Times\\u2019s reporters working in China have been expelled by the Chinese government, alongside reporters covering China for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Today, we speak with one of our correspondents about his experience learning that he would have to leave the place he has called home for the last decade \\u2014 and about the last story he reported before he left. Guest: Paul Mozur, the Asia technology reporter for The New York Times, formerly based in Shanghai. For more information on today\\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\\xa0\\n\\nBackground reading:\\xa0China\\u2019s announcement of the journalists\\u2019 expulsion came weeks after President Trump limited the number of Chinese citizens who can work in the United States for five state-run Chinese news organizations.While the Chinese government\\u2019s official statement cited diplomatic tension as the reasoning for the expulsion, state media outlets pointed to our critical reporting of China\\u2019s mass detention of Muslims, government surveillance and its response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan as reasons for the move.'